About Me

By Tyler Toone

Many years ago, as I saw many of my friends and family progress in life, get jobs and have families. At the same time I saw their health and fitness levels drop off the deep end. At age 15, I saw this happening and I said this would never be the case with me.

But then I had a near death experience where I fell 40 feet rock climbing, shattering my knee cap, breaking my Tibia, tearing my ear half off, and several other cuts and bruises. This experience did 2 things: 1) made me more driven to climb more aggressively; 2) Made me believe that endurance sports were too hard because of the injuries I sustained. I used the excuse “I’m not a runner” or “I have bad knees.” I still kept climbing, but life got busy and my activity level became very sedentary.

Four years ago at 29, I saw the “llantas” (tires, like they say in Mexico) or “love handles” piling up around my midsection and I received word from the Doc that I had borderline high cholesterol. This is when I had a major paradigm shift – I was falling into same trap that I claimed would never happen.

That’s when I said I would do something drastic to make the change – that led me to triathlons. I have competed in handful of triathlons and I have future tri’s planned this year (2010). I have ridden twice in the Tour de Cure, a 100-mile cycling tour.

I am a real person with a lot of passion for fitness and enjoying life no matter where or at what stage we are in. I want to contribute by providing a real life “Cool Nerd” perspective of how we can stay active in the hustle and bustle of life.

I have now changed my perspective on my ability to do endurance sports – it’s starts with a mental attitude – we believe something strong enough the body will follow. I want to help other people achieve this same state-of-being.

I am currently the Web Manager for Canyons School District with a passion for web design technologies & social media. Cyclist, triathlete, runner, fly-fishing, & outdoor adventure seeker. I’m married and have 3 kids. Yes life is busy, but it’s so much fun!